Scientists watched a star explode in real time for the first time ever

Explaining The Universe on Instagram: "If the Sun suddenly exploded, Earth wouldn’t feel the effects right away — for about eight minutes, everything would look normal because that’s how long sunlight takes to reach us. After that, the light would disappear instantly, plunging the planet into darkness as temperatures began to fall rapidly. The shockwave from a real “explosion” would never reach us, because stars like the Sun don’t blow apart like bombs; instead, the Sun would collapse into a whi